The use of surgical procedures to restore or correct a body part to a more normal appearance or function.
To improve a body part from an existing deficiency or abnormality caused by congenital defects, trauma, infection, tumors, or disease.
Surgery which rebuilds a damaged part of the body.
Any surgical operation to restore function to body structures that are defective or damaged. Reconstructive surgery focuses on congenital defects, such as cleft lip and palate, and deformities caused by injury, disease (for example, the loss of a breast to cancer surgery), or aging.
Reconstructive surgery on the skin and underlying tissues that have been damaged or lost as a result of disease or injury. Congenital malformations are also remedied using reconstructive surgery. Surgeons graft healthy skin from another part of the body to repair skin damaged or destroyed by burns or injuries. Techniques are being developed for growing new skin in the laboratory to be used in reconstructive surgery. Surgeons also repair damage using skin flaps prepared in another part of the body for example, a skin flap from the arm may be used to repair a badly injured nose or face. Reconstructive surgery is also used to repair the consequences of an operation for cancer of, say, the neck or the jaw. Plastic surgeons undertake cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of noses, breasts, abdomens and faces.
An operation to repair a loss or defect or to restore function.